WorldStarHipHop Gets Section 230 Dismissal–Eizenga v. MediaLab
…downloaded-and-reuploaded content as “information provided by another information content provider.” (See, e.g., the D’Alonzo case 20 years ago). In light of Section 230’s downward trendlines, it’s a little jarring to…
A Massive Roundup of Section 230 Decisions
…same ground as the D’Alonzo case from 20 years ago, which is so old that the lawyers probably had no idea it existed. I’ve repeatedly posted about how 230 can…
Section 230 Still Applies to Email Forwarding–Motekaitis v. USI
…230 Immunization–Woodhull v. Meinel Barrett v. Rosenthal–California Issues Terrific Defense-Favorable Interpretation of 47 USC 230 Griper Gets 47 USC 230 Defense for Reposted Article–D’Alonzo v. Truscello Batzel v. Smith Dismissal…
Section 230 Protects Emailing an Article–Monge v. University of Pennsylvania
…230 Immunization–Woodhull v. Meinel Barrett v. Rosenthal–California Issues Terrific Defense-Favorable Interpretation of 47 USC 230 Griper Gets 47 USC 230 Defense for Reposted Article–D’Alonzo v. Truscello Batzel v. Smith Dismissal…
First Circuit Says Mirroring Qualifies for Section 230–Monsarrat v. Newman
…which said “[P]roliferation and dissemination of content does not equal creation or development of content.” Other cites the court could have made: Phan v. Pham, Barrett v. Rosenthal, and D’Alonzo…
Yearbook Database Cases Are Vexing the Courts–Sessa v. Ancestry
…Steel v. Chumley (“nothing in § 230 or the relevant case law limits § 230 immunity to information submitted directly to a website by a third party”) and D’Alonzo v….
Section 230 Covers Republication of Old Yearbooks–Callahan v. Ancestry
…original author (my go-to cite in this circumstance is the D’Alonzo case). Citing Fraley, the plaintiffs also argued that Ancestry lost Section 230 because it “extracts yearbook data (names, photographs,…
Mirroring Qualifies for Section 230–Monsarrat v. Newman
…email forwarding cases (e.g., Phan v. Pham, Barrett v. Rosenthal) and the D’Alonzo case involving reposting a newspaper article. Other apropos cases include the awful DF Pace v. Baker-White ruling…
Website Denied Section 230 for No Good Reason, Wins the Case Anyways–DF Pace v. Baker-White
…content per the uncited case D’Alonzo v. Truscello (also from a Philadelphia court). Meanwhile, the court ignored the many cases where Section 230 has, in fact, applied to the defendant’s…
Two Tough Section 230 Rulings From Last Week–General Steel v. Chumley & Xcentric v. Smith
…starts by correctly noting that Section 230 isn’t limited only to content submitted by third parties (see, e.g., the uncited D’Alonzo case): General Steel notes that the posts at issue…